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Chinese Internet users that is. By the time you've finished reading this, there will be another 40 - 50 Internet users in China!

There are a lot of posts on the last pronouncements from the CNNIC on how many people are using the Internet in China. I enjoyed the factlets that had been pulled together in the China Tech Stories piece on it.

The basic highlights are that there are now 162 million users in China, 122 million of whom have access to broadband. However, it does appear that it is 3 to a chair as the article also notes "there are 67.1 million PCs connected with internet, an increase of 7.7 million in the last six months".

While only 15% are reportedly searching for jobs online, 20% are trading stocks. Which tells you something about the madness of the markets there if nothing else does.